Cave Hill Cemetery honey | Southern Indiana getaways | 60+ things to do

Dahlia Ghabour, Louisville Courier Journal
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It's July and the CJ Features team is all over the place. We're visiting distilleries, driving out to Southern Indiana, tasting locally-produced honey and checking every calendar in the world for events.

Leave some room in your schedule in the next couple weeks, because some of these events are amazing. Take a look at some of our features from this week, here:

Honey produced by bees at Cave Hill Cemetery.
Honey produced by bees at Cave Hill Cemetery.

A sweet surprise in Cave Hill Cemetery — Cave Hill Cemetery is well-known for its historic status, size and the final resting place of some of Kentucky's most prominent citizens. But deep in the cemetery is something you may not know: 10 honeybee hives that produce nearly 900 pounds of honey per season. The cemetery staff have become beekeepers. I visited the cemetery to tell you what's up with that.

Southern Indiana Fun Pass
Southern Indiana Fun Pass

Southern Indiana getaways — Kirby Adams is back this week with a roundup of trips you can take that won't cost more than a tank of gas to get there. Try the SoIn Fun Trail, the Jeffersonville Aquatic Center or Joe Huber's Family Fun Park and more.

Jeff Fieberg analyzes Paul Gauguin's painting "Above the Sea" as part of his latest project that he will present in Switzerland this summer.
Jeff Fieberg analyzes Paul Gauguin's painting "Above the Sea" as part of his latest project that he will present in Switzerland this summer.

A secret in a Van Gogh painting — This isn't Maggie Menderski's most recent piece but I'm pulling it because the Van Gogh Immersive Experience arrives in downtown Louisville this week. Kentucky teacher Jeff Fieberg used science to study the molecules in the pigments of Van Gogh's work, particularly the 387 "white" flowers in the painting "Undergrowth with Two Figures." Read up on it here.

Over 1,000 butterflies were released in the Louisville Zoo's Flutter Fest.
Over 1,000 butterflies were released in the Louisville Zoo's Flutter Fest.

60+ things to do — It's a new month, and Gege Reed put together a whole list of more than 60 things to do, like the Louisville Zoo's butterflies exhibit, food truck Fridays, festivals, sports games and more.

Author Mackenzie Berry reads poems from her debut book, 'Slack Tongue City' in Louisville, Kentucky.
Author Mackenzie Berry reads poems from her debut book, 'Slack Tongue City' in Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisville poet's tribute — Features intern Genesis Malone talked to Louisville native poet Mackenzie Berry, who wrote the book "Slack Tongue City," which wrestles with the position of the South and Louisville's place in it. One of the poems references the police killing of Breonna Taylor. Overall, the poetry book is a love letter to Louisville.

Thanks for reading, everyone! We appreciate you!

Dahlia Ghabour

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